MEDIARELEASE: Ho Ho HO-LYMOLY!

Happy-Merry New-Thanks-Christmas-Year!

When colum­nist Gayle Car­line thought of a holiday-centered book, she intended to include all her hol­i­day essays, from New Year’s mus­ings, Mother’s Day fan­tasies, all the way to the inevitable Christmas.

Then she counted how many she had writ­ten in her 10 years as a colum­nist for the Pla­cen­tia News-Times. There were over 80 essays, so she decided on Thanks­giv­ing, Christ­mas, and New Year’s, and noticed two com­mon themes: grat­i­tude and hope.

She is grate­ful for the oppor­tu­nity to write for the paper, and she hopes these essays res­onate with you as much as they have her read­ers. She also hopes that none of them are turkeys.